2023-09-08 04:00:00
The new digital world of investment fraudsters
Those affected often think of high-risk, exotic investment products that are made attractive to them by supposed financial experts.
Numerous cases of investment fraud show that anyone can become a victim, regardless of professional or educational qualifications. The damage amounts to hundreds of millions of euros. The so-called gray capital market is as old as people’s desire to get rich quickly. But digitalization today offers fraudsters and rip-offs completely new opportunities. False investment platforms give fraud victims the impression that they are making high profits. The problems only begin when you want to withdraw the money. And yet there are precautionary rules that investors can use to protect themselves from financial sharks.
When the phone rang around four years ago for a Cologne IT consultant, he had no idea that he would soon lose a six-figure sum of money. The British financial advisor sounded too serious when he told him that he had found his number in a list of German entrepreneurs. The investment company the advisor works for is looking for new clients.
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